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An Introduction to Party Poker

With over 30 million downloads since it was launched in 2001, PartyPoker is one of the hottest online poker destinations today. It is one of the offerings from bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc, an entity formed by the merger of bwin and PartyGaming that is today the world’s largest listed online gaming business.

PartyPoker is owned by bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc, but is operated by Electraworks Limited, a company incorporated in Gibraltar. It is licensed by the Government of Gibraltar and regulated by the Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner under the Gambling Act 2005. All games are tested for fairness independently by iTech Labs, an independent testing agency. It has also been certified for safety and fairness by eCOGRA.

PartyPoker is available in 19 different languages: English, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Greek, German, Spanish, Flemish, French, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Finnish, Slovakian, Slovenian, Swedish, and Chinese. You have to be over 18 years of age to play poker here, and US players are not welcome.

Software and Games at Party Poker

All games at PartyPoker are powered by the bwin.party system, which provides this online poker room with a number of exciting features, starting with a superb interface. Party Poker is the main poker brand that bwin.party system powers, the others being bwin Poker and World Tour Poker.

Some of the interesting features you see in PartyPoker include multi-table play, a great selection of games, a range of tournaments, and much more. Players have the option of playing either directly from a browser in the Instant Play mode or downloading the software to their computer and playing in the Download mode.

There are more than 50 exciting online poker games for you to check out at PartyPoker. These include, among others, the regular online poker games like Texas Hold’em, Omaha Hi-Lo, and 7 Card Stud. If you are new to online poker, there is also a section that teaches you the basics of how to play poker. You can go through that section before trying out the games on offer.

Tournaments at Party Poker

At PartyPoker, you have the option of playing table games or participating in the number of poker tournaments. There are a number of different tournaments at PartyPoker, including Sit & Go single table tournaments, which happen to be among the most popular tournaments at PartyPoker; multi-table tournaments, which are among the most popular tournament types across the world; shootouts, which are a variation of the standard multi-table tournaments with up to four rounds depending on the number of players participating; heads-up tournaments, where two players go head to head across multiple tables till one player finally wins; shootout satellites, which include double shootouts as well as triple shootouts; and bounty tournaments, where players play in a knockout format.

At PartyPoker, if you are new to the tournaments, you can check out the Tournament Basics section to learn how to go about participating at the different tournaments, and also read up on the different tournament types in the Tournament Types section. You can also read up about rebuys, deal-making, tournament rules, and also the tournament schedules in the Tournaments tab.

Bonuses and Promotions at Party Poker

The welcome bonus at PartyPoker is a cool 100% match bonus up to $/£/€500, which you get in 10 slices as you play here. Other bonuses include cash bonuses, bonuses that are available only for specific games, such as those for Sit & Go tournaments, Omaha $0.05 to $0.10 cash tables, and FastForward tables, player’s choice bonuses, and also tournament dollars (also referred to as T$) that you get when you claim a bonus.

There are also a range of major promotions available to you at PartyPoker. These include freeroll promotions such as the $1500 new player freeroll promotion and more than $100,000 worth of freerolls each month, major tournament promotions, which include, among others, The Million promotions and the $200K Guaranteed Sunday promotion, as well regular promotions like the Accelerator, a shot at playing at the Aussie Millions for free, the Steps Challenge, the $5,000 Bankroll Booster, and also a shot at proving yourself on PartyPoker’s tournament leaderboards and boosting up your rankings. Another cool promotion is a shot at playing at the WPT® National Ireland main event in Dublin if you win one of the $3,000 prize packages on offer here.

Apart from the bonuses and promotions, PartyPoker also has a fantastic VIP and rewards program for its most valued players, called the Palladium VIP program. You can be a member of this program if you have earned enough loyalty points by playing at PartyPoker. Membership to this elite program entitles you to a lot of benefits, including rakeback of up to 50%, exclusive promotions that regular players do not get, bespoke concierge service, higher deposit limits, free cash outs, exclusive store items from Party Point, and also a personal VIP host.

Banking and Security at Party Poker

At PartyPoker, all deposits are supported in three major currencies: US Dollars ($), GBPs (£), and Euros (€). There are a number of deposit options available, over 50 of them in all, that you can choose from. However, not all these deposit options are available in all countries. The different deposit options available at PartyPoker include, among others, credit cards (Visa, Diners Club International, and MasterCard, among others), NETeller, Skrill, EntroPay, UKash, Click2Pay, ClickandBuy, WebMoney, Western Union, bank transfer, and more.

Party Poker Minimum Deposit Options

Deposit Method

GBP

EUR

USD/CAD/AUD

Credit Cards

£15

€20

$25

Paypal

£15

€20

N/A

Neteller

£15

€20

$25

Skrill (Moneybookers)

£15

€20

$25

ClickandBuy

£15

€20

$25

Entropay

£15

€20

$25

PaySafeCard

£10

€10

$10

uKash

£5

€5

$5

Webmoney

£15

€20

$25

Wire Transfer

£15

€20

$25

Western Union

£15

€20

$25

When it comes to security, you need not worry at all while playing at PartyPoker. This poker website uses the latest in online digital encryption technology, 128-bit SSL technology from Thawte Security, to ensure all your data and transactions are safe here.

Customer Support at Party Poker

You get some of the best customer support at PartyPoker, thanks to its team of dedicated customer support executives. This team offers professional support in all the 19 languages that the website is available in. You can contact a member of this team 24×7 through e-mail, telephone, and live chat. You can also check the FAQ section of this poker website for answers to commonly asked queries.

Other Features at PartyPoker

Apart from all these fantastic features mentioned so far, you can also browse the PartyPoker blog for the latest information from the world of poker. Besides the blog, other interesting features you can check out at PartyPoker include the PartyPoker team, which has not just poker pros, but also sports stars and upcoming players who are taking the poker world by storm. If you want to check out videos of some of the best tournaments organized by PartyPoker, you can take a look at PartyPoker.tv.